The Brandi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 733 people carried this name — #31,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 9% from 807 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Brandi surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Brando.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brandi» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 853 people named Brandi live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Brandi.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Brandi live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Brandi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Brandi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giacinto Brandi 1621–1691 · painter -
Karl Brandi 1868–1946 · historian -
Leo Brandi 1894–1979 · actor -
Leo Brandi 1894–1979 · actor
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Mariano Brandi d. 1824 · engraver
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Giovanni Antonio Brandi 1555–1608 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brandi.
- Branco 2,797 · U.S. census
- Brand 19,135 · U.S. census
- Brandao 960 · U.S. census
- Brande 247 · U.S. census
- Brandel 1,573 · U.S. census
- Brandenburger 556 · U.S. census
- Brandin 247 · U.S. census
- Brandmeyer 323 · U.S. census
- Brandner 765 · U.S. census
- Brando 383 · U.S. census
- Brandon 26,284 · U.S. census
- Brandt 36,613 · U.S. census
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